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Tecmo Bowl Throwback Gets Release Date

Courtesy of an ESRB posting in mid-February, we learned that a remake of the classic Nintendo football game Tecmo Bowl was real. Now we have confirmation from publisher Tecmo Koei America that Tecmo Throwback will be released on Xbox Live and the PlayStation network this spring.

In our February 19 post
we did make the mistake of describing Tecmo Throwback as a remake of the original 1989 NES game. According to Tecmo Koei, Throwback is a remake of the 1993 Super NES game Tecmo Super Bowl. And those hoping to play the sports videogame Zeus known as Tecmo Bo Jackson are out of luck. Throwback features the rosters of all 32 current NFL franchises. However, Tecmo Koei promises plenty of old-school goodness:

Tecmo Bowl fans no longer have to reminisce about the old days as players can return to the first video game that emulated real football with new generation consoles, twenty years after its release. As a game that still holds a strong community following, online community tournaments can now be held nationwide at the comfort of home.

The game was developed by Southend Interactive and will feature online mutliplayer, original 2D and updated 3D graphics, customizable teams and rosters, and online leaderboards.

Sharkey says: I was hoping to have the option to play with the '89 rosters and juggernauts Bo Jackson and Lawrence Taylor, but it will also be fun to see current NFLers get the Tecmo treatment. This game will make it to my hard drive.